Nick de Jong (sailor)

Nick de Jong

Nick de Jong in 1964
Personal information
Full name	Nicolaas Pieter "Nick" de Jong
Nationality	Dutch
Born	25 March 1942 Huizen, the Netherlands
Height	1.86 m (6 ft 1 in)
Weight	81 kg (179 lb)
Sailing career
Class(es)	Flying Dutchman; Soling; Dragon
Coach	Jacques Stap 1968
Updated on 2014-01-08.

Nicolaas Pieter "Nick" de Jong (born 25 March 1942) is a retired sailor from the Netherlands, who represented his country at the 1964 Summer Olympics in Enoshima. De Jong, as crew on the Dutch Flying Dutchman Daisy (H157), took the 6th place with helmsman Ben Verhagen. During the 1968 Summer Olympics in Acapulco he crewed Daisy (H187), again with helmsman Ben Verhagen to and an 18th place in the Flying Dutchman. For the 1972 Olympics De Jong made the switch from the Flying Dutchman to crew on the Soling with helmsman Heike Blok and Rolf Kurpershoek. This team was nominated for the games by the KNWV. The nomination however did not resulted in a selection by the Dutch NOC.

Later De Jong was Chef d' équipe for the Dutch Olympic Sailing Team in 1992 and 1996. Nowadays De Jong helms the Dragon NED 22 and took part at the 2008 Vintage Yachting Games. Here he reached the 4th place with crew members Don van Arem and Miguel Karsters.

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